» Arqiva deploys Eiffel Tower digital terrestrial TV multiplex [PDF]
Multi7 have chosen Arqiva to manage its multiplex platform to deliver a new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service as announced by French regulator CSA in Paris in March. From its Paris teleport Arqiva are encoding, multiplexing and signal switching content before delivering it by dedicated fibre to the broadcast transmitter on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.p>

» High Definition kids TV created with Arqiva Outside Broadcasts [PDF]
High Definition technology is being used to capture an innovative new pre-school TV show, “Baaas” over its 7 week filming in Llanelli, Wales. A joint production between Al Jazeera Children's Channel and S4C made by Cynhyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations, ‘Baaas' has a multiracial theme and centres on an extended family of puppet sheep.

» MPEG-4 delivers prime-time TV to British forces overseas [PDF]
Arqiva is helping the Services Sound & Vision Corporation (SSVC) reach out across the globe to UK armed forces stationed overseas. Arqiva already deliver 10 BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) channels to Europe and the Middle East and a recently awarded contract for expansion will result in the same number being delivered to the American and Atlantic regions.

» Extreme Sports is 17th Chello Zone channel feed played out by Arqiva [PDF]
Extreme Sports Channel is the seventeenth Chello Zone (formerly Zonemedia) channel feed to be fully played out by Arqiva. Full playout services are also provided for the popular Zone Horror and Zone Reality channels on the UK Sky platform and Arqiva also plays out Chello Zone's Zone Romantica channels in Europe.»

Arqiva's growing presence in Italy provides a contribution link for MTV Italia [PDF]
MTV Italia is taking advantage of Arqiva’s growing presence in Italy by using Arqiva to provide a distribution link to connect the two MTV European headquarters in Milan and London.

» Arqiva delivers Metropolitan Opera live to European cinemas [PDF]
Eight New York performances of “The Met: Live in HD” have been transmitted into cinemas across Europe using Arqiva’s HD expertise and infrastructure. Building on last season's success Arqiva's transmission of the 2007-8 season enabled sell-out audiences to experience eight star-studded performances in cinemas across Europe. The total attendance for this season of live transmissions was expected to top 900,000 people worldwide.

» Arqiva expands connectivity services for Canadian Natural Resources [PDF]
Arqiva’s Satellite Media Solutions Division is pleased to be strengthening its relationship with Canadian Natural Resources Limited – an independent oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company - with the announcement that Arqiva will be providing CNR with satellite connectivity to an offshore well-head platform, Ivory Coast.

» Arqiva to roll-out international High Definition platform for Occasional Use broadcasting [PDF]
Arqiva is one of the first broadcast supply houses to offer MPEG-4 compression services on an occasional-use basis, and to facilitate this will be implementing a new High Definition (HD) Video platform to provide complete turn-around services for Occasional Use broadcast customers. This will deliver flexible and cost-effective distribution and contribution between the United States and the rest of the world.

» Arqiva and SAT-GE to deliver MPEG-4 High Definition platform to Asia Pacific [PDF]
Arqiva's Satellite Media Solutions division are joining forces with SATGE, a subsidiary of General Electric, to provide an Asia Pacific satellite-based High Definition (HD) video platform. Work has already begun on the new platform that will enable broadcasters to distribute and contribute HD and Standard Definition (SD) channels to Asian-Pacific broadcasters and cable head-ends.

» VOOM HD Networks selects Arqiva to expand RUSH HD channel into Europe [PDF]
VOOM HD Network’s 24/7 high-definition channel devoted to extreme sports and adrenaline action, RUSH HD, launched on the Sky digital satellite platform on the 7th April.

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